# Game: The A to Z of haiku

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [April 30, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857 "2010-04-30T13:36:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/1 "2010-04-30T13:36:07Z")

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Annie’s anteater  
Appropriately ate an  
Ancient, auburn ant.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/2 "2010-04-30T13:56:17Z")

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Bombax, bibābat  
Batiolā Baccēā  
Boviter blaesus.

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/3 "2010-04-30T20:30:24Z")

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Caution, Cicely!  
Carniverous cats can carve  
comely curlicues.

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**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/4 "2010-04-30T20:35:57Z")

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Don’t dawdle, dimwit.  
Do dunk dangerous doughnuts  
Don’t dream decadence.

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/5 "2010-05-01T00:36:55Z")

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Each elk exhausts Ed.  
Elands entertain Emma.  
Elephants escape.

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**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/6 "2010-05-01T01:43:33Z")

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For fantasy, Fred  
Fancied fondling Florence.  
Fully fulfilling.

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**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/7 "2010-05-01T02:12:46Z")

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Giant gems galore!  
Good golly gee, Geoffery.  
Group grope, grab goodies!

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**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/8 "2010-05-01T13:43:04Z")

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Hey, has Heather heard?  
Her hystorectomy had  
hair, horrible hair.

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**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/9 "2010-05-01T13:54:06Z")

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If Isabella  
invites idiots inside,  
is it illegal?

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/10 "2010-05-02T01:18:44Z")

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Jaundiced Juliet  
Jeeringly jested, “Jenny  
Just jinked Justice Just!”

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**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/11 "2010-05-02T13:25:42Z")

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Kenneth’s kittens keep  
kicking Kimberly’s kernels.  
Kamikaze kooks!

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**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/12 "2010-05-02T13:30:38Z")

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Lampreys love living  
largely luxurious lives.  
Little levity?

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**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/13 "2010-05-03T08:59:54Z")

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Marching militias  
Merciless mayhem, madness  
Many millions maimed

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/14 "2010-05-03T13:57:04Z")

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Now, No No Nanette  
Nobody, Nowhere, No news  
Nothing new, no no

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**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/15 "2010-05-03T15:41:50Z")

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Ordinarily  
Others opt other options  
Opposite of owls

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/16 "2010-05-03T16:05:57Z")

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Pete’s plump potatoes  
produces plenty pleasant  
Pot pie potential

And I can’t believe we’re doing this…

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**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/17 "2010-05-03T16:50:16Z")

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Quickly querrying  
Quatzequatel’s quich. Quickly,  
question quiet quail!

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**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/18 "2010-05-03T18:39:58Z")

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Raving randomly,  
religiously relevant  
righties rouse rabbles

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/19 "2010-05-03T19:09:43Z")

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Some silly strangers  
Strangled Sam seductively  
Staying strangely still

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-a-to-z-of-haiku/537857/20 "2010-05-03T20:23:25Z")

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Thirteen tom turkeys –  
Tantalizing tryptophan  
Thanksgiving treats, Ted!

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